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April 17, 1956 Filed May 24, 1952 4 J. S. ARGUS, SR

ADMISSION TICKET MANIPULTING MACHINE 5 Sheets-Sheerl l Fealffux andService Charge L50 UEB o No'r TnANsrzMbLE-Bunrcr t0 Couulnou ou REVERSEslot IO4 l59 13e m5 la Y//l//l/ l INVENTOR 4 3 JAM Es s.ARcUs 5R.

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is ATTORNEY April 17, 1956 J. s. ARcus, SR

ADMISSION TICKET MANIPULATING MACHINE 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 24,1952 R O T N E V m f': ATTORNEY April 17, 1956 J. s. ARcus, sR

ADMISSION TICKET MANIPULATING MACHINE 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed May 24,1952 INVENTOR JAMES 5. ARCU 5R.

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ADMISSION TICKET MANIPULATING MACHINE Filed May 24, 1952 5 Sheets-Sheet4 INVENTOR JAMES 5. ARCU 5R.

MMA/@wml /II'S ATTORNEY April 17, 1956 J. s. ARcUs, sR 2,741,980

ADMISSION TICKET MANIPULATING MACHINE Filed May 24, 1952 5 Sheets-Sheet5 /'s ATTORNEY James S. Arcus,` Sr., Lombard, lll., assignor to TheArens Ticket Co., Chicago, Ill., a corporation of -Illinois ApplicationMay Z4, 1952,`Serial No. 289,911 14 Claims. (Cl. 101-93) This inventionrelates to an improved admission ticket manipulating machine.

`I'n the entertainment field, such as sporting events, including horseracing metes, andthe like, it has been conventional to issue passes to anumber of groups of` attendants. Record of the -use .of such passes foreach day of the mete has been required for a numberlof reasons, a'sYaninstance, to provide against misuse ofthe passes by unauthorizedpersons,` to prevent use of asingle pass for more than one admission,thereby in turn to detect whether such pass had beenv transferred to anunauthorized person to gain admission` after 'the authorized user hadbeen admitted, and to determine a list of the passes which are taxableand those which are not 'taxable. Several systems more or less reliableand cumbersome have been introduced without success to solve the problempresented by the situation aforesaid. I

With this problem in mind, the present invention aim to provide animproved ticket manipulating machine (1) whereby the authorizedpassescan berea'dily detected both as to the mete and as to thedate ofthe mete, `(2) whereby an unauthorized repeat use of an authorized passcan be readily detected, that is, whereby all passes previously used forthe day of the mete can quickly be detected and rejected if wrongfullypresentedffor a` second admission, (3) whereby a record of theauthorized passes presented for a single day of a mete canbe effectedand retained with the machine, (4) whereby a record can be effected onthe pass itself to indicate that it `has been used for the day of themete, and (5) whereby one 'and the same pass can be used once for eachof a number 'of different days of a particular mete, depending upon `thesetting of the machine. i l

More specifically, the present invention aims to provide an improvedticket manipulating machine for use with a ticket that has a rstpredetermined structural conformation thereon to correspond to thesetting "of the machine for a particular mete, a second structuralconformation thereon to correspond to the setting of the ma-y chine fora particular day of the mete, and a third structural conformationthereon to cooperate with the machine to record such third conformationto `be retained with the machine, and the machine (l) is provided with afirst detecting means to cooperate with the first struc turalconformation on such pass to detect passes authorized for the mete, (2)is provided with a second detecting means to cooperate with the secondstructural con.- formation on the pass to detect passes authorized forthe particular day `of the mete, (3) is `provided with a first recordproducing device for marking the authorized passes presented, (4) is.provided with a second record producing device cooperating with thethird structural conformation on the pass to reproduce the same orrecord it for retention with the machine, (5 inwhich the seconddetecting means can bechanged at the end; ofl a day to serve for anotherday of the, mete and to cooperate. with the secondv structuralconformation of an; au-4 thorzed; pass which may or may not have beenused for V United States Patent 'O 2,741,980 Patented Apr. 17, 1956 aprevious day of the mete, and (6) in which the first detecting means ofthe machine can be changed for use with another mete to cooperate withthe first predetermined structural conformation of the passes which havebeen conformed to correspond to such other mete.

These and other features, capabilities and advantages of the presentinvention will appear from the subjoined detailed description 'of onespecific embodiment thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Fig. 1 is a perspective of the machine.

Fig. -2 is a section on lthe line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 i'san end elevation ofthe machine with the cover removed lookingfrom the right hand side of the machine.

Fig. 4 is a fragmental detail partly in section showing the punch beforepassing through the ticket. l

Fig. 5 is a fragmental detail partly in section similar to Fig. 4showing the punch after having passed through the ticket.

Fig. 6 is yan end elevation of the machine with the cover removedlooking yfrom the left hand side of the machine as compared to Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a fragmental :rear elevation of the machine with the cover'removed and parts broken away.

Fig. 9 is a fragmental top plan view of a part ofthe machine with thecover removed.

Fig. l0 is a plan viewof va ticket constituting the pass which may beused with the machine.

Fig. l1 is a detail showing one of the shafts operatively connected tothe setting mechanism `of the machine.

Fig. 12 is a section on the line 12-12 of Fig.2.

Fig. 13 is a detail showing Ythe ticket or pass receiving guide.

Fig. 14 is a front elevation diagrammatically showing another pass.

Fig. 15 is va section on the line 10 10 of Fig. 14.

Fig. 16 is a fragmentai detail of the record receiving strip showingrecords impressed thereon.

Fig. 17 is a diagram or chart showing the several operations of themachine in 'relation to one another.

The operation of the machine when inserting a pass, detecting anauthorized pass, producing al record on the pass so presented toindicate that it has been used for a day of a mete and for producing arecord for retention with the machine, for convenience of descriptionmay be assumed to take place during a single cycle of operation.However, since the aforesaid functions performed byn the machine, aswell as others, overlap, the sequence of these several functions mayvary, the functions themselves may vary, and the mechanical expedientsfor carrying out these several functions may vary, and some may actuallybe omitted without departing from the general spirit of the invention,the order in which the several mechanical expedients illustrated will bedescribed is not intended to delineate their importance nor thepreferred sequence, but is arbitrarily determined with a view tofacilitating the description.

In a general way, the invention contemplates the use of a pass havingdata formed thereon in raised characters, a mechanism in the machine tocooperate with the contour of the pass to condition the machine foroperation if it is an authorized pass, the then ensuing actuation of themachine lrst to advance a record strip, paper as an instance, with theimpression creating medium, such as' a strip of carbon paper, at aboutthe same time clearing the card for operation by a punch, thereuponactuating the punch to change a part of the contour of the pass to forma record on the same that it has been used, thereupon enabling therecord feeding mechanism to return to neutral position, thereuponactuating the pass with its raised characters into impression provokingpositionV against the adjacent face of the record strip` and press itwith the adjacent carbon strip into impression creating position againsta stationary platen, thereupon withdrawing the punch, and finallywithdrawing the card from its impression producing relation with thefixed platen.

The main frame The main frame consists essentially of a supporting base1 (Figs. 2 and 3) having secured thereto a transversely extending frontbase plate 2 and a transversely extending rear base plate 3. Disposed onthe base plates 2 and 3 and extending from front to rear there areprovided in the present instance the parallel bars 4 and 5 extendingfrom the front to the rear of the machine. 'I'he bar 4 is spaced fromthe left hand side of the machine to receive a second base plate 6mounted on the projecting ends of the base plates 2 and 3. The bar 5 inturn is spaced from the right hand side of the base plate 3 to receive-the bracket 7. Secured to the inner face of the bars 4 and 5 andextending upwardly from the rear base plate 3, there are provided thetwo cheek plates 8 and 9. Extending across the upper face of the bars 4and 5 in front of the cheek plates 8 and 9, there is provided theplatform 10. To the rear of the platform 10 there is provided thetubular bar 11 supported at its ends in the cheek plates 8 and 9. Aboutone-*third the distance from the top of the cheek plates there isprovided the shaft 12 extending through the cheek plates 8 and 9. At theupper inner faces of the cheek plates 8 and 9 there are provided thebrackets 13 and 14 which are connected to one another by the cross bar15.

To this main frame the operative parts hereinafter to be described areconnected. To house the entire mechanism, with the exception of thehandle 16, see Fig. l, there is provided the tive-sided casing 17 havinga slot 18 in its upper wall 19 to form a mouth for the reception of thepass, such as the card 20 illustrated in Fig. 10, to be inserted intothe machine. The housing 17 also has a vertically extending slot 21formed in its front wall 22 to clear the shank 23 of the handle 16 inits up and down movement. This housing 17 may be connected to thesupporting base 1 by any suitable means such as the screws 24.

The main drive According to the present invention, when the machine isconditioned for operation, that is, when an authorized pass isintroduced into the machine, the mechanism will be free to be actuatedto operate a variety of recording devices in the present instance, (l)to clear the pass for operation by the punch, (2) to feed the recordstrip into a position for the next impression or record, (3) to punchthe pass and change a part of its contour to indicate that it has servedits purpose for the day, (4) to actuate the pass support with the passinto impression provoking position with a xed platen, and nally (5)return the punch and pass support into neutral position for the nextoperation.

The several functions performed are controlled in the present instancefrom a single drive shaft, to wit, the shaft 25, which may be actuatedby any one of the conventional forms of motive power, such as footpower, hand power, electric motor, or the like. In the form illustrated,the hand actuated lever 16 is provided which is mounted on the shank 23provided with the shaft 26, journalled in the upper ends of the uprights27 and 28. The shank 23 has a toothed portion 29 at its end in mesh withthe gear 30 rotatably mounted on the shaft 25. The gear 30 in turn islxed to the disk 31 to which is secured the arm 32 having pivotallyconnected thereon the pawl 33 for engagement with the notches 34 and 35on the peripheral edge of the disk 36 which is fixed to the shaft 25.Also rotatably mounted on the shaft there is provided the collar 37having xed thereon the projection 38, which normally is disposedadjacent one of the notches 34, 35 to maintain the pawl 33 out ofengagement with a notch 34 or 35. In order to enable the handle 16through the toothed portion 29, gear 30 and pawl 33 to actuate the disk36 and therewith the shaft 25, it will be necessary to withdraw theprojection 38 from alinement with a notch 34 or 35 to enable the pawl 33when dropped into the notch 34,` 35 disposed at the front of the disk 36lto enter such notch and thereupon enable the shaft 16 upon beingdepressed to advance the disk 36 a haif a revolution. During thisadvance of the disk 36 it will advance the shaft 25 with it and thetransmission Anow to'be described.

Preliminary and nal conditioning devices Before the projection 38 iswithdrawn clear of the pawl 33, the vertical reciprocation of the handle16 will of course serve no purpose. Advantage is taken of this conditionto indicate to the attendant that the pass in troduced into the machineis unauthorized. In other words, before the projection 38 can bewithdrawn clear of the pawl 33, an authorized pass, such as the pass 20,must be introduced into the machine to eifect a preliminary conditioningof the machine, inthe present instance to actuate the projection 38clear of the pawl 33. The pass 20 in this instance will cooperate with apart of the ma chine to constitute a preliminary conditioning device ormechanism. Thereupon in order to clear the path ot movement of the puncha further conditioning of the machine is effected by the initialactuation of the handle 16. The handle 16 in this instance willcooperate with other parts of the machine to constitute the nalconditioning device.

The projection 38 as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 is pivotally connected tothe link 39 which in turn is pivotally connected to the 'free end of thelever 40, which in turn is fixed to the shaft 12 which extends throughthe cheek plates 8 and 9, being journalled therein, and has xed to theportion of the shaft 12 extending outwardly from the cheek plate 9 asecond lever 42 which in turn has pivotally connected thereto, see Fig.3, at 43, the upper end of the link 44, the lower end of which has aslot therein to receive the pin 46 near the free end of the cam lever 47which has journalled thereon the cam roller 48 to cooperate with theperipheral edge 49 of the cam disk 50. The cam diskl50 has threedepressions 51, 52 and 53 in the present instance receding from theperipheral edge 49. The cam lever 47 is pivotally connected at its rearend to the outer face of the cheek plate 9. In order to maintain the camroller 48 in resilient engagement with the peripheral edge 49 and thedepressions 51, 52 and 53 of the cam disk 50, the spring 54 is providedconnected at its upper end to the lever 47 at 55 adjacent the pin 46 butbetween it and the rear end of the lever 47. The lower end of the spring54 is connected to the abutment 56, a hook in the present instance,secured to and extending from the upper face of the bar 5.

In order normally to maintain the pin 46 in engagement with the upperend of the ,slot 45, the spring 57, is provided, being connected at itsupper end to the free end of the lever 42, preferably as shown beyondthe pin 43 so that the pin 43 is disposed between the spring 57 and theshaft 12. The lower end of the spring 57 is connected to the free end ofthe cam lever 47 preferably beyond the pin 46 so that the pin 46 isdisposed between the spring 57 and the pin 55. Preferably also as shown,the spring 54 will be stronger than the spring 57, that is, oler agreater resistance to tension so that the lever 42, as an instance, maybe raised, as will hereinafter be described, without effecting theposition of the cam lever 47, pivoted on the pin 247 extending from theouter face of the cheek plate 9.

The cam disk 50 is freely rotatable on the shaft 58. The shaft 58 hastixed thereto the external gear 59 which is in mesh with the externalgear 60, which in turn is freely rotatableon a shaft journalled in thebracket The gear 60,1911 the other hand, is in mesh with the 'internalgear 6.1l`xed'to the side ofthe cam disk 50. Consequently, when theshaft 58 is actuated it will through the gears 59,

, 60 and 61 actuate the cam disk 50. The shaft`58 extends through thecheek plates 9 and 8 from the outside of the cheek plate 9 to theoutside of the cheek plate 8 where, see Figs. 6 and 7, it has fixedthereon the small gear 62 in .mesh with the gear 63` which isConsequently, when the projection 38 is clear to accept the pawl 3'3toenter one of the notches 34, 35, and the handle 16 is` lowere'chit willactuate the shaft 25 a half a revoluti'on, 180, and at the same timeactuate the shaft 58 thereby to actuate the cam disk 49. The gear ratiosillustrated indicate that while the shaft 25 describes a halfrevolution,l or 180, the shaft 58 willdescribe a complete revolution, or360, and the cam disk 50 will describe a third of a revolution or 120.It will also appear from the foregoing that while the initial actuationof the shaft 12-will merely withdraw the projection 38 out of the pathof movement ofthe pawl 33, this actuation ofthe shaft 12 willnot affectthe position of the cam lever 47. However, when theA handle 16 islowered, after having. been connectedfto vthe disk 36,l the actuation ofthe vshaft 25 will actuate the shaft 58 to` cause the roller 48 `to riseout of one ofthe depressions 51, 52 or 53 onto the peripheral; edge 49of the cam disk 50, and thereby actuatethe lever 47 tobring its pin 46into engagement with the upper end of the slot 45, and raise the linkV44 and with it actuate the lever 42v further to actuate the shaft 12.The` shaft 25, asshown in Figs. 6 and 7, is journalled at its ends inthe bracket 64 and the plate 65 connected to the outer face of the cheekplate 8. n

n the shaft 12, see Figs. 2, 3 and 1l, there are fixed two plates 66 and67 which in turn support a rod. 68 parallel to the shaft12. The rod 68`is positioned to extend through the recesses 69 in the side plates 70of the U-shaped bracket 71 which has a projection 72 extendingupwardlyfrom its intermediate web 73 which is disposed to slide between the jaws74 and 75 of the punch. The raised position ofthe projection 72 whenthecam lever 47 is located in its lowermost position where its camroller 48 is dis,-I posed in one of the recesses 5.1, 52 or 53, and theupper lever 42 is in its lowermost position where theV upper end of. theslot 45 rests on the pin 46, coincides with the position of theprojection 38 where it obstructs the passage of the pawl 33 into one ofthe` notchesv 34 or 35 and is` considered the neutral or at restposition. In this position the projection 72 obstructs the path ofmovement of the head 76 of the jaw 74 which when actuated by `movementof its arm 77 is disposed vto pass lthrough the opening 78 formed in thexed jaw 75v to shear or punch an increment of the pass from it as itpasses the space between the jaws-74 and 75 formerly occupied by theprojection 72; Before the punch can operate, therefore, it is necessaryto cause the projection 72 to descend clear of the path of movement ofthe head 76.y The preliminary conditioning movement, that is, themovement of the projection 38 clear of the pawl 33, is primarilyeifected by the pass hereinafter to be described. Since the projectionbracket 71l is connected to the rod 68, the depression or lowering of itby the card will actuate the projection 38 to clear the 'pawl 33. Thislowering of the projection bracket 71, however, will not be sucienteffectively to clear the opening 7S in the fixed jaw 75. Hows ever,thereupon the ensuing actuationof the lever-"16l to actuate the shaft inturn to actuate the shaft sections 58 and therewith the cam disk .50will cause the cam roller 48 to ride up out of a recess 51, 52 or 53onto the4 peripheral edge 49 and thereby actuate the cam lever 47 inturn to -actuate the lever 42 further to actuate the shaft 12 now fullyto depress or lower the projection 72 eiectively to clear the opening 78for the punch head 76.

The fixed jaw 75 of the punch to the. rear of the projetion is xed tothe bar 79,xed against vertical V xed on the shaft 25.,

and lateral movement to and from therear. of` the machine,` but freelyslidable transversely ofthe machineiuihe ret:-` tangular openings 80 and81 formed in the cheek p'lates 8 and 9, respectively. The jaw 74, on theother, hand, in front of the projection v72 andbetween the side platesof the bracket 71 is pivotally connected to the jaw I5 by the pin 82with the arm' 77 extending downwardly and maintained` in engagement withthe offset shaft 84 by. the finger 85t The offset. shaft84 .is mounted`eccentric to the center 86 of the shaft sections 58 journalled inthebracket 7 on the outside of the cheek plate` 9 and the plate 65 on theoutside of the cheek plate 8. 1 p

In ,order to describe the initial actuation` or lowering of theprojection ,72 by the pass 20, it is desirable now to describe the pass`itself in detail` and the. method or receptacle for the pass 20 whenintroduced into the, machine by the. attendant or possessor of thepass..

The pass 20, see Fig. 10, has formed thereon, preferably mediallythereof, a character or marking or ythe like in raised or intaglio form,suchas the characters 8'7- and 88 in the. present instance the character87 indicating the serial number of the pass, and the character 88indicating the class of the pass, that is, whether taxable, non-taxableas an instance. The` position of these char.- acters 87 andv 88relative. to the upper and lower edges of the `pass 20 `are alsopredetermined to facilitate cooperation of the same with the fixedplaten 89 to-provoke an impression in the manner hereinafter to bedescribed. The tixed platen89 may be` secured to the cheek plates 8 and9 in any suitable manner. In the present instance, however, it is shownas secured to the upper ends of the vertically extending bars 90j and91, thev lower ends of which are rotatably mounted on the ltubular bar11.. These bars 90 and 91 have recesses to clear the shaft 12 whichrecesses and shaftlZ Substantially determine the. normal fixed positionlof the platen 89 during` a printing operation. To anchor the bars 90 and91 in such fixed position, the pivotally mounted brackets 92 and 93 areprovided pivotally connected to the cheek plates 8 and 9, respectively,by the screws 94 and 95, respectively; The freey ends 4of these brackets92' and 93 in turn have set screws 96 and 97` to engage the front edgesof the bars 90 and, 91 in erect position. j

The bars 90 and 91 are spaced from the cheek plates S and 9,yrespectively, to clear the arms 98 also rotatably mounted on the shaft11, which arms 98extend upwardly and support between them the movableplaten 99, therebeing one arm 98 adjacent to each cheek plate onebetween the cheek plate Sand the vertically extending bar 90 of theiixed platen 89, and the other one between the cheek plate 9 and thevertically extending bar 91. The movable platen 99 and iixed platen 89,see Fig. 2 in printing position are disposed in alinement with oneanother with a space between the same to receive the pass 20. In orderto guide the pass 20, a frame 100, constituting a guide, Fig. 8, isprovided having two complemental U-shaped members 101 and 102 spacedfrom one another with two outwardly aring lips 103 and 104 respectively,formed at the upper ends thereof to form the `mouth for the guide andeach plate ,101 and 102 provided with two lateral portions or members105 and 106 extending downwardly constituting a throat, The extensionsand 106 of the plates 101 and v102 are in alinement with one another andspaced from one another by the plates 107 and 108, respectively. Theinner edges 109 and 110 of the plates 107 and 108, respectively, formguides for the lateral edges of the pass. At the lower ends of theplates 107 and 108 there are provided' inward extensions 111 and 112,respectively, Apositioned according to the mete for whichthe pass is tobe accepted. The upper edges and 116 of ther plates 107 and, 108 toeither `side of the projections 113 and 114Ydetermine the nal lowerrnostposition of the pass when accepted by the machine. The projection, 72 ofthe bracket l1v extends up' approximately to .the upper level 0f theprof.

mandati 7 jections 113 vand 114 in normal or neutralposition when theprojection 38 Vobstru'cts the path of movement of thepawl33. With theprojections 113 and 114 positioned as'shown in Fig. 8, theA pass 20,Fig. 8intended to receive the same would have to be provided withnotches 117 and 118 to register with the projections 113 and 114,respectively. The edge of the pass 20, however, between the 'notches 117and 118 assuming that the slidable bar is positioned as indicated inFig. 8, mustbcA intact at least above the projection 72. If the edgeofthe pass is intact above the projection 72, and on the other hand thenotches or recesses 117 and 118 correspond in position to theprojections 113 and 114, respectively, then when the pass is introducedinto the n vguide 100, the intact portion of the pass above theprojection 72 will engage the projection 72 and depress it in turn toactuate the shaft 12 a suicient distance to cause the link 39 towithdraw the projection 38 out of the path of movement of the pawl 33.When the handle 16 is then raised and the pawl 33 introduced into thenotch or 34, whichever is then at the front of the machine, the machinehas been preliminarily conditioned. To this extent, therefore, the cardand the mechanism so far described to withdraw the projection 38 out ofthe path of movement of the pawl 33 constitute the preliminaryconditioning device. Thereupon when the handle 16 is depressed, theengagement of the pawl 33 with the disk 36 will cause the shaft 25 to beactuated a half a revolution. In the initial portion of this revolution,the cam disk will be actuated to thrust the cam roller 48 out of arecess 51, 52 or 53 onto the peripheral edge 49 of the disk 50, andthereby actuate the cam lever 47 and through the link 44, the lever 42,further to actuate the shaft 12 and cause the projection 72 effectivelyto clear the path of movement of the punch head 76 and thus finallycondition the machine for operation.

The punch When the machine is used merely to detect authorized passesand mark authorized passes, it will of course not be necessary toprovide a pass with raised characters, or to provide a printingmechanism. In such case, after the machine has been preliminarilyconditioned and finally conditioned for operation as aforesaid by theinitial actuation of the projection 72, by means of the pass 20, and bythe ensuing depression of the handle 16, it will only be necessary forthe operator or attendant to complete the downward movement of thehandle 16 when the arm 77 will be actuated thereupon first to cause anincrement to be sheared or punched out of the lower edge of the pass 20where it opposed the punch head 76 and then return the punch to neutralposition and also return the projection 72 to its normal raisedposition, since upon removal of the increment punched out of the punchhead 76, the projection 72 will of course be free again to return toraised position under the urge of its spring 54 after the earn lever 47has returned to its neutral position where its cam roller 48 enters thenext succeeding recess 51, 52 or 53. The arm 77, as aforesaid,willbclactuated by the offset shaft 84 which will make a completerevolution, 360, for every half revolution of the shaft 25 during whichmovement the shaft 84 will move forward to actuate the arm 77 to performits punching operation and again return the arm 77 to its rear position,that shown in Fig. 2, upon the completion of the cycle.

Setting the punch for successive days of a single mete presentinvention, it will thenonly be necessary to move,

the punch including the arm 77 and the movably obstruction72`transversely of the path of movement of the pass or ticket, that isto change the lateral position of the punch including the jaws 74 and 75to correspond to another day for the mete or another particular class.For this purpose, the bar 79 is provided, Fig. 8, with the teeth 119forming a rack to cooperate with the teeth of the gear 120 secured tothe lower end of the shaft 121 journalled in the bracket 122 to theupper end of which shaft 121 there is xed the dial 123 having teeth onits outer peripheral edge to receive the spring pressed plate 124pivotally connected to the bracket 122 and maintained in resilientengagement with a recess in the edge of the dial 123 by the spring 125.The dial 123 may have notations on the upper face thereof to correspondto the number of teeth on the dial, and in turn correspond to the numberof days in the mete. On the other hand, the dial 123 may have anarbitrary number of teeth, thirty or more in number, to correspond atleast to the maximum number of days in a mete so that the machine may beused for metes of both long as well as short duration. When withdrawingthe plate 124, the dial 123 may be rotated in turn to actuate the bar 79and thereby to change the position of the punch including its jaws 74and 75 and also the bracket 71. Consequently for a second day of themete or another day of the mete, although the pass had been punched foran earlier day of the mete, it will again present an intact portion ofthe lower edge of the pass for actuating the projection 72 and thusindicate to the gateman that the pass is authorized. Obviously, if oneand the same pass were introduced into the machine a second time for oneand the same day of the mete where the dial 123 has not been reset, thecard would not cofunction with the projection 72 to prelirninarilycondition the machine and thereby enable the gateman immediately todetermine that the pass privilege had been abused or that the pass wasunauthorized.

On the other hand, at the end of a mete and before the start of anothermete, when new passes Would be used, either a new guide would beprovided with a different arrangement of projections 113 and 114, andthe notches 117 and 118 of the new passes cut to correspond,

or else merely another set of plates 107 and 108 could be secured to theguide 100 wherein the projections 113 and 114 would have a differentspacial relationship to one another.

To -facilitate changing the guide 100, the same may with facility besecured to the cross bar 15 by any suitable means, such as the screws126.

Printing mechanism When it is desired to prepare a record for the use ofholder of the mete, then with facility this machine can be equipped witha printing mechanism or the like. One such printing mechanism has beenillustrated.

As shown in Fig. 3, on the platform 10 there are mounted two brackets127 and 128 carrying spindles 129 and 130, respectively. The spindle 129in the present instance has mounted thereon a roll 131 of carbon paper132 with the transfer or impression creating side facing rearwardly. Thespindle 130, on the other hand, has a roll 133 of paper 134. The carbonpaper 132 preferably passes under the guide rod 135, Fig. 2, across theface of the fixed platen 89 and the paper 134 passes over the front ofthe shaft 12 in the present instance, and then over the carbon paper132. The two strips, to wit, carbon paper 132 and paper 134, are thenpassed over the guide roller 136 and forwardly with the paper 134engaging the transfer or impression creating face of the carbon paper132, and while so intimately in engagement with one another over thefeed roller 137, with the rear face of the carbon paper 132 engaging thefeed roller 137 and the outer face of the paper 134 engaging the face ofthe pressure roller 138 provided with stub shafts 139 disposed in theslots 140 formed in the levers 141 and 142. The

. feed roller 137 is provided with stub shafts 143 journailed` inthe'bars 144 and- 145. In turn, the levers'141= 9 and 142 are pivoted attheir upper ends to the bars 144 and: 145'. Thelower ends of the levers141 and 142 in turn are connected to the transverse rod 146, which inturn in the present instance has connected thereto the springs 147 and148, the rear ends of which springs 147 and 148 are connected to thepins 149 extending downwardly from the bars 144 and 145. These bars 144and 145 in turn, as shown in Fig. 2, are connected to the fixed platen89 and extend forwardly from the same. By means of `the springs 147 and148 the pressure roller 138 therefore engages the paper 134 to press itinto intimate engagement with the carbon paper 132 and in turn to pressthe carbon paper 132 into engagement with the feed roller 137. The feedroller 137 is positively fed a line space at a time before each printingoperation and through its cooperation with the pressure roller 138advances the paper 134 and carbon paper 132 a line space with eachadvance actuation transmitted to the feed roller 137.

In order to effect this advance actuation of the feed roller 137, theouter end of one of the stub shafts 143, see Fig. 9, is provided with agear 150 fixed thereon and also a ratchet wheel 151, Pig. 3, fixedthereon. Adjacent to the ratchet wheel 151 there is rotatably mounted onthe stub shaft 143 one end of the lever 152, the other end of which isconnected by the pin 153 to one end of the link 154, the other end ofwhich link 154 is connected by the pin 155 to the upper end of the camlever 156, the lower end of which is connected by the pin 157 to thebracket 7. The cam lever 156 has a cam face including a guiding portion158 terminating in the extension 159 and a return portion 160. The faces158 and 160 are positioned to cooperate with the cam roller 161 on thedisk 162V lxed on the shaft 58. In order to maintain the cam faces 158,159 and 160 in engagement with cam roller 161 during the actuation ofthe shaft 158 and in turn the stop 163 in engagement. with the outerperiphery of the disk 162 in neutral position when the cam faces 158,15,9 and 160 are spaced from the cam roller 161, there is provided thespring. 164 connected at its upper end to `a pin` 165 on the link 154adjacent to the pin 155. The other end of the spring 164 is connected tothe pin 166 formed on the bracket 7. The timing of the engagement of thecam roller 161 with the cam faces 158, 159 and 160 of the link 156occurs during the first quarter of the revolution of the shaft 58 andbefore the movable platen 99 has been moved into impression. provokingposition.

In order to cause the cam lever 156 to effect the actuation of theratchet wheel 151 and thereby in turnthe feed roller 137, the link 152has an extension 167 thereon on which is pivotally mounted the pawl 168provided with the spring 169 resiliently to maintain it in engagementwith the teeth of the ratchet wheel 151. Consequently, every time thatthe projection 167 is raised due to the` actuation of the cam lever 156,its pawl 168 will engage a tooth of the ratchet wheel 151 and advance italine space. In the conventional Way, then upon the cam roller 161ypassing the outer face of the extension 159 and engaging the face 160,itwill return the projection 167 into its neutral lower positionpermitting the pawl 168 to ride back on the ratchet wheel 151 until itdrops into the next tooth of the same in preparation for the nextadvance motion. In order to anchor thev ratchet wheel 151.againstreturnmotion when'the pawl168 slidesacrossV the ratchet wheel 151 on itsreturn motion, there is provided the gear 170 on one of the stub shafts139 of the pressure roller 138, which gear 170see Fig. 9, ismaintainedlin' mesh with the gear 150 by the springs 147 and 148. Thegear 1701 also serves to actuate theA pressure roller 138 into feedingmotion with the feed roller 137.

After the paper feed has been actuated during the ensuing portion of thecycle of operation', the arms 98 Will be actuated forwardly inturn11o-advancey the movable platen 99l into engagementwith the rear face ofthe pass 201m alinement with the raised portions 87 and-88 onthepass'20, Fig; 8, whichwill face thepaper 134di`spo'se'd l0 at theopposing face of the xed platen 89. In order to effect this actuation ofthe arms 98, each of the arms is connected by two pairs of togglelinks,`torwit, the pair 171, 172 connected to the cam lever 173, and thepair 174, 175 connected to the cam lever 176. The lower ends of the camlevers 173 and 176 have the enlargements 177 provided with the circularopenings 178 to receive the circular portions 179 eccentric to thecenter 86 of the shaft portions 58, Fig. l2. The links` 172 and 175, seeFigs. 2 and 9, are pivotally connected to the cheek plates 8 and 9,respectively, at their rear ends. The front ends of these links areconnected to the rear ends of the links 171 and 174, and also to theupper ends of the cam levers 173 and 176, the connection being a commonconnection, to Wit, the pin 180 for the links 171, 172 and lever 173,and the pin 181, the common pivot connection for the links 174,175, andlever 176. The front ends of the links 171 and 174 in turn are pivotallyconnected to the upperV ends of the arms 98.

Diagram of cycle The several functions of the machine as hereillustrated overlap during a cycle of operation. However, obviously thesequence of the same may vary, and some functions may actually beomitted without departing from the spirit of the invention. As aninstance, when the printing mechanism is not required, itmayibe' omittedwithout affecting the remaining mechanisms of the machine and theirrespective functions. However, in the interest of facilitating anunderstanding of the machine disclosed, the diagram illustrating theseveral functions during a cycle of operation shown in Fig.` 17 ispresented. It will there be seen, assuming that the several functionssucceed one an-` other in counterclockwise direction, starting with thecircle 182, that the pass 20 actuates theprojection 72 in a preliminaryperiod 183, that after the pass 20 moves the projection 72v that thenthe handle 16will initiate the actuation of the shaft 25 through a halfa revolution, the shaft portions 58 through a complete revolution, andthe cam disky 50 through a third of ak revolution. Assuming" furtherthat the circle 182'vcorresponds to the complete cycle and therefore tothe 360. motion of the shaft por'- tions 58, during substantially therst eighth of the cycle 184, the cam roller 48 will 'ride out of arecess 51, 52 or 53onto the peripheral edge 49, and effectively withdrawthe projection 72 out of the path of movement ofthe head 76 of thepunch. Thereupon' the punch head 76 will be free to be actuated by thearm 77' and completeits punch: operation at about the` completion of onehalf of the cycle, and during the-remaining half of the cycle the" punchwill return to neutral position. The circle 18S locates the paper feedaction at 186 which takes place before the movable platen 99 is: moved`into impression provoking position. From this circle 18S it will appearthat the paper feed completes its action during the first" sixth of thecycle;

Circle 187 traces the action of the arm 77 toactuate' the punch head 76into and out of punching position, in`

dicating that the punching operation is completedl during the rst half188 of the cycle and that the punch head 76 is being returned during`the second half 189 of the cycle. ln turn, the circle 1,90 traces theaction of thearms 98 to advance the movable platen 99. This circleindicates that the eccentric for the toggle starts opera-ting with thebeginning of thefactuation of the shaft portions 58 and completes itsprinting stroke at about the completion of the firsthalf 191 of thecycle and then returns the movable platen into neutral position at theend of the completion of the second half 192 of the cycle.

In Fig. 13 there is illustrated a guide 193 in which the projections 194and 195 have a different spacial relationship to one another than is thecase with the projections 113 and 114 of the guide 100 shown in Fig. 8.The pass 196 illustrated in`Fig. 14 is provided with notches 197l and198 to correspond to the location of the projections 194v and195.Thisillustration ofthe guide 193 andpass 196 is submitted to show theform of a new guide and new pass which can be used with one and the samemachine when the machine is transferred to another mete.

in Fig. 14 as compared to Fig. 10, it should also be noted that thenotation 199 is in substantially the same location as the notation 87 onthe pass 20 of Fig. 10, however, that the notation 200 GSG is in adifferent column than the notation 88 on the pass 20. This arrangementof the data 8S and 200 in two different columns is provided so that whenthe impressions are produced on the paper 134 the auditor may quicklyseparate one group of record of passes from the other. This would beparticularly desirable when it is required to separate the records oftaxable passes from the records of non-taxable passes. It is of courseobvious that the passes may be used for any number of dierent classes ofofficials or users without departing from the spirit of the invention.In the interest of explaining the possible uses, attention is'called tothe fact that among the taxable passes the notation in the column wherethe character S3, Fig. 10, is located, to wit, CHG, is the column inwhich would appear all of the records of cards which had a Federal taxand a service charge amounting to $1.50 as appears on the pass 20, thatin the second column to the right where the notation 200, Fig. 14, towit, the designation GSG appears, would be the column which containedall of the records of taxable passes indicating that the Federal tax andservice charge would be 75 as appears on 'the pass 196. Stillfurthermore, in a third column might appear a character, such as thecharacter CI-IWF, Fig. 16, issued to the working press of the clubhouse, or the character GSH issued to a grandstand horseman, or thecharacter CHOT indicating that the pass was issued to a club houseowner-trainer, all of which would be non-taxable passes. Consequently,the paper strip 134 after recording these three items would read asindicated in Fig. 16.

The character S7 on pass 20 of Fig. 10 and the character 199 on pass 196of Fig. 14 are merely indicative of the number of passes issued. As aninstance, this number might correspond to the total number of passesissued, whether taxable or non-taxable passes, or else indicate thenumber of the pass of a particular group of passes issued, for instancethe number of passes issued to olicial guests of the club house, inwhich case the character 87, Fig. l0, to wit, 1234, would indicate thenumber of that class issued. In turn, the character 199 appearing as1001 on pass 196, Fig. 14, would indicate the number of passes issued tooicial guests in the grandstand.

On the other hand, instead of issuing a new ticket or pass for anothermete, one and the same ticket may have a second set of notches, as forinstance, the notches 201 and 202 at the upper edge of the ticketillustrated in Fig. 10, and merely the guide 100 replaced by a new guideor the arms 107 and 108 of the guide 100 replaced with projections suchas the projections 113 and 114 to correspond in position to the positionof the notches 201 and 202, respectively. In the pass 20, the notches117 and 118 are formed on the lower edge for use with the fall mete asindicated on the pass, and the notches 201 and 202 are formed at theupper edge of the pass 20 to be used for the spring mete in which casethe pass will of course be inverted when introduced into the machine.

It is obvious that various changes and modiiications may be made to thedetails of construction without departing from the general spirit of theinvention as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim: Y'

l. 1n an admission ticket manipulating machine, the combination of aframe, a guide secured in said frame for receiving an authorized ticket,a movable obstruction in said frame in the path of movement of theadvanced edge of the ticket to be actuated by the ticket when insertedinto the machine, an actuating lever pivotally connected to said frame,a main drive in said frame, a irst driving connection between said leverand said main drive, a.

device normally obstructing said first driving connection, a rst linkageconnecting said movable obstruction to clear said first drivingconnection for operation by said lever when said movable obstruction isactuated by the ticket, a punch arm pivotally mounted in said frame, apunch head on said arm in alinement with said movable obstruction innormal position to punch out a portion of the ticket receding from theadvanced edge, a second driving connection between said punch arm andsaid main drive to enable actuation of said main drive to actuate saidpunch arm, and a second linkage connecting said movable obstruction tosaid main drive, the ticket initially actuating the movable obstructionto actuate said device to clear said driving connection, and said maindrive in turn further actuating said movable obstruction to clear thepath of movement of the punch head.

2. In an admission ticket manipulating machine, the combination of anauthorized ticket having a leading edge, said edge having apredetermined intact portion, a frame, a guide in said frame forreceiving said ticket into a fully inserted position, said guide havingtwo members extend-y ing therefrom to form a throat, an obstructionextending into said throat, said obstruction being movably mounted insaid frame in a direction of movement transverse to the direction ofmovement of the ticket into a selected position in the path of movementof said intact edge portion, said obstruction when moved into saidselected position being movable into a second position upon engagementby said intact edge portion and the movement of the ticket to its fullyinserted position, a recording device mounted in said frame, a maindrive in said frame operatively connected to said recording device, anda device including a lever pivotally mounted in said frame andoperatively connecting said obstruction to said main drive to initiatethe actuation of said main drive when said obstruction is moved intosaid second position.

3. The combination as set forth in claim 2 in which the recording devicehas a punch head operatively mounted in said frame adjacent the guide,and a driving connection connects said main drive to said punch head toactuate said punch head to punch out a portion of the ticket in saidguide.

4. The combination as set forth in claim 2 in which the obstruction innormal position and the punch head are in alignment with one another andpositioned adjacent the bottom of the guide to enable punching out thepredetermined intact edge portion of the ticket to recede from the loweredge of the ticket whereby should the ticket be used a second time thepunched-out portion of the ticket will clear the obstruction and thusnot initiate the actuation of the main drive.

5. In an admission ticket manipulating machine, the combination of anauthorized ticket having a leading edge, said edge having apredetermined intact portion and a predetermined recess, a frame, aguide in said frame for receiving said ticket into a fully insertedposition, said guide having two members extending therefrom to form athroat, a fixed obstruction in said guide conforming in position to thepredetermined recess of said ticket to clear the same when an authorizedticket is inserted into said guide, a movable obstruction extending intosaid throat, means in said frame slidably mounting said movableobstruction to enable moving said movable obstruction in a direction ofmovement transverse to the direction of movement of the ticket into aselected position in the path of movement of said intact edge portion,said movable obstruction when moved into said selected position beingmovable into a second position upon engagement by said intact edgeportion and the movement of the ticket to its fully inserted position, arecording device mounted in said frame, a main drive in said frameoperatively connected to said recording device, and a device including alever pivotally mounted in said frame and operatively connecting saidmovable obstruction to said main drive to initiate the actuation of saidmain drive arenoso When said movable obstruction is moved into saidsecond position.

6. The combination as set forth in claim in which the recording devicehas a punch head operatively mounted in the frame adjacent to the guide,and a driving connection connecting said main drive to said punch headto actuate said punch head to punch out the predetermined intact edgeportion of the ticket in the path of movement of the movableobstruction.

7. The combination as set forth in claim 5 in which the obstruction innormal position and the punch head are in alinement with one another andpositioned adjacent the bottom of the guide to enable punching out thepredetermined intact edge portion of the ticket to form a recessreceding from the lower edge of the ticket whereby should the ticket beused a second time the punched out portion of the ticket will clear themovable obstruction and thus not initiate the actuation of the maindrive.

8. In an admission ticket manipulating machine, the combination of anauthorized ticket having data formed thereon in raised characters and aleading edge, said edge having a predetermined intact portion, a guidein said frame for receiving sai-d ticket into a fully inserted position,said guide having two members extending therefrom to form a throat, anobstruction extending into said throat, said obstruction being movablymounted in said frame in a direction of movement transverse to thedirection of movement of the ticket into a selected position in the pathof movement of said intact portion, said obstruction when moved intosaid selected position being movable into a second position uponengagement by said intact portion and the movement of the ticket to itsfully inserted position, a main drive in said frame, a fixed platen insaid frame adjacent one side of said guide, a movable platen in saidframe adjacent the other side of said guide, a driving connectionassociating said movable platen to said main drive, a recording mediuminterposed between the raised characters on said ticket and the xedplaten to enable the actuation by said main drive to actuate the movableplaten to impinge the recording medium between said raised characters onthe ticket and the xed platen to produce a record of the raisedcharacters, and a device including a lever pivotally mounted in saidframe and operatively connecting said movable obstruction to said maindrive to initiate the actuation ofsaid main drive when said obstructionis moved into said second position.

9. The combination as set forth in claim 8 in which the recording mediumincludes a record receiving strip and an impression producing strip withthe record receiving-strip interposed between the impression producingstn'p and the raised characters of the ticket and the impressionproducing strip interposed between one of said platens and the recordreceiving strip.

10. The combination as set forth in claim 8 in which the recordingmedium includes a record receiving strip and an impression producingstrip with the record receiving strip interposed between the impressionproducing strip an-d the raised characters of the ticket and theimpression producing strip interposed between one of said platens andthe record receiving strip, a strip feed mounted on said frame grippingsaid record receiving strip and said impression producing strip beyondsaid iixed platen, and a driving connection between said strip feed andsaid main drive to enable actuation of said strip feed when said maindrive is actuated.

11. The combination as set forth in claim 8 in which said ticket has apredetermined fixed recess receding from its leading edge correspondingin position to its particular class, and said guide having a fixedobstruction registering with said tixed recess to clear same when saidauthorized ticket is inserted into said guide.

12. The combination as set forth in claim 8 having a punch headoperatively mounted in the frame adjacent the guide7 moans in said frameslidably mounting and positioning said punch head with said movableobstruction into said selected position according to the location of theintact edge portion, and a driving connection connecting said main driveto said punch head.

13. The combination as set forth in claim 8 having an actuating leverpivotally connected to said frame, a driving connection between saidlever and said main drive, a second obstruction for normally obstructingsaid driving connection, a linkage connecting said movable ob-vstruction to said second obstruction to actuate said second obstructionwhen said movable obstruction is actuated by the predetermined intactportion to clear said driving connection for operation by said lever andthereby initiate the actuation of said main drive.

14. The combination as set forth in claim 8 having an actuating leverpivotally mounted on said frame, a driv ing connection between saidlever and said main drive, a device for normally obstructing saiddriving connection, a first linkage connecting said movable obstructionto said device to clear said driving connection for operation by saidlever only when said movable obstruction is actuated by the intact edgeportion, and a second linkage connecting said movable obstruction tosaid main drive for further actuating said movable obstruction andthereby initiate the actuation of said main drive.

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